My Name is
Hope

Hope
Hope arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011. She soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Hope now loves attending school and learning. She hopes to study well so she can help her extended family in the future. Hope has learned to trust in the Lord and his perfect timing. As she prays and waits on the Lord, her faith continues to grow. Hope is a boarding student at the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
DOB: Dec 21, 2005
David
David was abandoned as a newborn at a local hospital and discovered by the night staff.
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Sean
Sean’s mother abandoned him after his father was put in prison.
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Beatrice
Beatrice’s mother was mentally ill and living on the streets.
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dan
After both of Dan's parents died when he was a small child, he was placed in the care of an elderly and impoverished uncle.
Christine
Christine was found abandoned and was admitted to a babies' home in September 2004.
Clementine
Clementine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Jehu
Jehu's mother died of yellow fever and his father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning Grace.
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage.
Michelle
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents. His grandmother died soon after that.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Lydia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Blessed
Blessed’s mother abandoned her four days after her birth at the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Aquil
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Patricia
Due to his own medical issues, Patricia's father could not provide for her basic needs after her mother's death.
Metsenanat
Metsenanat was abandoned by her parents and given to her grandmother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.